Yaire
Feminine
Yaire is a rare modern name, two syllables with a soft ending, and nothing in the record explains where it came from. Its nearest documented neighbor is the Hebrew Yair, a man's name that goes back to the Book of Judges.
How old is the name Yaire?
Yaire first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Yaire alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 500 people named Yaire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yaire most popular?
Yaire peaked in 2001, reaching #1136 nationally. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yaire
Our story of Yaire borrows a scene from the Bible. The Book of Judges remembers a judge called Jair, Yair in Hebrew, from the land of Gilead, who had thirty sons riding thirty young donkeys and governing thirty towns, still called the towns of Jair in the writer's day. The detail is so particular it reads like a family boast kept for thousands of years. Yaire looks like that old name with a soft e set at its end, and whether anyone meant it that way, the record does not say.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No record documents Yaire's origin. It resembles Yair, the Hebrew name read as he shines or he will give light, but no source ties Yaire to it or to any other name.
Pronouncing Yaire
No settled saying. Spanish-speaking families would say YAI-reh; English readers may say yah-EER or YAIR.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2001
- Most girls named
- 2001184 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1136reached in 2001
- Change vs 2010
- +20.0%6 in 2011, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yaires among us
people named Yaire are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Yaire sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and easy to spell once seen.
- Unusual without looking invented, and close to the established Hebrew Yair.
- The pronunciation is not obvious, and the family will need to teach it.
- It has no documented history of its own, so any meaning offered for it online is borrowed from Yair or guessed.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yaires are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Yaire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yaire in 2025?
- Yaire is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Yaire with classmates?
- Yaire will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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